Stanley Pool

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noun

1. Congolese name: Pool Malebo.  a lake between the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre) and Congo-Brazzaville, formed by a widening of the River Congo. Area: 829 sq km (320 sq miles)

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Stanley Pool

Across Stanley Pool chugged the river ferry Congolia No. 10.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Congo rushes on through this mountainous section, as though through one of our western cañons, till it reaches Stanley Pool.

From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.

In this he was successful, and in September 1880 reached Stanley Pool, on the north side of which Brazzaville was subsequently founded.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various

So, by December 3d, 1881, the expedition was safe at Stanley Pool with the steamer "En Avant" launched in the Bay of Kintamo, beyond which were thousands of miles of navigable water.

From Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent by Headley, Joel Tyler

More than a hundred white men are in the service of the "H. C. B." at Stanley Pool.

From An African Adventure by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick